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Actor Ewan McGregor has a new role lined up for himself: director. The 43-year-old Scotsman will make his feature directorial debut on a long-gestating adaptation of Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize winner "American Pastoral," Lakeshore Entertainment announced Wednesday. McGregor was set to star opposite Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning in the film, which features a screenplay by John Romano ("The Lincoln Lawyer"). Phillip Noyce ("Salt," "The Giver") had been attached to direct; Lakeshore offered no explanation as to why Noyce is no longer on the project. Filming is scheduled to start in September in Pittsburgh. In front of the camera,...

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Actor Ewan McGregor has a new role lined up for himself: director.
The 43-year-old Scotsman will make his feature directorial debut on a long-gestating adaptation of Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize winner "American Pastoral," Lakeshore...

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard made their marriage legal last week in SoCal, but they made it romantic over the weekend with a daylight ceremony on his private island in the Bahamas.
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The indelible Charlie Mortdecai, literary offspring of the English novelist Kyril Bonfiglioli, was featured in three marvelously funny novels before his creator died, of cirrhosis, at the age of 56.
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Lena Dunham finally got it right on a red carpet, says Los Angeles Times Fashion Critic Booth Moore. The "Girls" star wore a ruby red Zac Posen gown. [Los Angeles Times]
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The event: The Art of Elysium's 8th annual Heaven Gala on Saturday wasn't an "event," organization founder Jennifer Howell told Hollywood A-listers, up-and-comers and other VIPs who attended.
“This is an experience,” Howell said, as the group...

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